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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Diedrich Knickerbocker's profession?
(a) Historian.
(b) Writer of novels.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Governor.
2. On page 30, the reader learns that Rip is "obsequious" and his wife is a "termagant." What can accurately be said about their relationship?
(a) One bullies the other.
(b) They each have a skill that helps the other.
(c) One is embarrassed by the other.
(d) They have violent arguments with each other.
3. On page 29, the setting sun causes something to light up and glow "like a crown of glory." This is an example of what literary technique?
(a) Understatement.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Simile.
(d) Alliteration.
4. Under what pseudonym was "Rip Van Winkle" published?
(a) Washington Irving.
(b) James Fenimore Cooper.
(c) Geoffrey Crayon.
(d) Diedrich Knickerbocker.
5. Who is "Dame" Van Winkle?
(a) Rip's daughter.
(b) Rip's sister.
(c) Rip's wife.
(d) Rip's mother.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the frame narrative, the reader is told that the main story's narrator gets his information from the wives of the "burghers" (28). Whose wives are these?
2. Where is the village that Rip lives in?
3. Who is Peter Stuyvesant?
4. Why does Rip stop spending time with his friends?
5. How might Rip's house be described?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe how Rip's relationship with the dog contrasts with his wife's relationship with the dog.
2. What do Rip and his friends do when they gather together outside the village inn, and how does this characterize Rip?
3. What relationship does Rip have with the village children, and how does it characterize him?
4. Describe the condition of Rip's children.
5. Describe the contents of the story's epigraph and tell how this relates to the frame narrative.
6. Describe the relationship between Rip and his wife.
7. Describe the condition of Rip's home and farm.
8. Explain what the frame narrative says about the historian who recorded Rip's story--where does his work come from, and how reliable is it?
9. Explain the relationship of Washington Irving, Diedrich Knickerbocker, and Geoffrey Crayon.
10. How is the setting of the Catskills described?
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